Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-30
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NAWa Notes.

News Notes.
Lawyers who wish to read the calen'
dsr for the coming session of the Su-
prems Court will find it else where IN
this paper.
Frank w. Conant is in Riverside,
managing the Pyke Opera Company. He
Iill take them to San Diego tomorrow |
and will return on Sunday.
A new railway company has been OF
xanised to build a dummy line of road
from Boyle Heights to Alhambra and
Ramona, seven miles in length.
The sMusical," announced for Apri
lst, ct the Los Angeles Conservatory OF
Music, has been postponed one week,
on account of the Japanese wedding.
Mr.. /. w. Hellman has stored large
amount of street railway ties and iron
ON bis lot ON the east side of Downey
avenue between that street and the ex.
tension of North Main street.
'To-night the Hotel Arcadia at Santa
Monica will be opened with grand ball,
which will be the social event of the
eenson. The train leaves this city at 7
O'clock this evening and returns at
o'clock.
Max X. Barretto, who had the mis-
fortune to have one of his legs broken
while boarding train of cars in motion,
about six weeks since, has improved SO
much - to be able to be removed yester-
day to Santa Monica.
Tracklaying, which had been sus-
pended between Santa Paula and Ven
tura, on the Southern Pacific Coast road.
ON account of lack of steel rails, has
been resumed and will be pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible.
Fifty thousand Monterey cypress
trees are beirg planted in San Fernando
this spring, 5000 orange and lemon trees
and 1000 olive trees. An abundance ce OF
water for tree-planting is furnished from
flowing wells and the Pacoima canon.
One of the spans of the Buena Vista
street bridge is in position, and the next
one is in course of erection. The work
is progressing very rapidly, but is very
laborious. and the work of day makes
but small appearance to the public.
The new city of Azusa, of which an
advertisement appears in another COL
umn, will start off with sewers and side.
walks before the houses are built. This
il capital idea and secures uniformity
of sidewalk, of six feet in width OF ce.
ment and complete drainage.
The HERALD is rejoiced to state that
it made a mistake yesterday in announc.
ing the death at Las Vegas of the son of
Mr.. W. Il. Perry. The young gentle.
man laid over at that place for a rest,
but his general health is improved. The
information was given this paper by one
who was supposed to know.
Stephen Townsend has commenced
grading the steam railway from the
Raymond Hotel north to Alta Pasadena.
Thence it is expected to pass into La
Canada. This road will come near the
new opera house that will be built north
of the Raymond. The locomotives for
this road are double.enders and the
track is standard gauge.
Mr.. E. C. Burlingame, the we'll known
contractor, mas commenced Hllkihg tne
levee along the west bank of the Les
Angeles river, between the end of the
track of the Los Angeles and San Gabi.
ell Valley Railroad and the depot
grounds OF the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway. MIR. Burlingame
will push the work with energy and dis.
patch.
Peter J. Eder, the veteran hotel rum
ner of San Francisco, and not unknown
to Los Angeles, was the man who held
the fort when the foolish scare about
Beckwith, the recovered victim of small
pox was raised in car 62. There was no
danger whatever, but everybody but
Pete thought there vas and left for the
other cars, while Pete held the fort
without fear or apprehension.
As announced in advance in the HER.
AID last week, that the graders of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and the
Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley
railw ays would meet before the end of
chat week, it so occurred on Friday last.
The worknen are now busy in dressing
up the grade and in ballasting up the
track as fast as the ties are laid: The
construction trains going east now run
through the new Azusa City, but owing
TO the slowness of the arrival of ties they
are for the present only laid half the
usual number to the mile until another
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